Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 13, 1889, Page 16

e ® A Good Baby Carriage for $9. Call and seeit. . - f M Handsome Folding Bed Ccmylete, worth $40. §17.50 ior a Chamber Suit, . that other Hou: 0 3 ask 827.5 33.50 Rocker A T Handsomely Pol- shed, echeap at $3 FO for a Parlor Stov $ . cheap at $18 Fine nickel finish, stock of Oar-' ’ A N . T ) R ; $14.50 for a fine Hard Coal Heater with tea kettle attachment BUREAU AND DRESSER, From $7.50 to $30. And in all woods, ‘We have the largest pets in the city, prices lower than the lowest. _, STOVE $9.50 $1.68 ! RIS R B \ses Ui Ty shean st Sie | A o Vienna Chair o { B A 1 N Latest thing cut in all colors. $1.65.An Ele- gant Walnut Rocker. Have Portiereg from $4 to $35. Jewelers ask $7.50 for the same Clock. $.90 Extension Tavie In oak or mahogany, worth 3 o $6.50 for a beautiful Lounge that is a bargain at $10. Worth $20 A Fine Walnut Wardrobe. o ngency for Omah; Universal s and i cvery stove Largest Line ter Tables City. en= in*he CHAIR worth G3ec.g Largest line of CARPET BOCKERS 38c¢ Copper Bottom in Omaha. Tea Kettle. $12.50 for a Cook Stove that is well worth §20. Call Hanging Lamp, : $1.90, worth $4.00 $21.75 CRAMBER SU Other Houses charge $30 STORY OF THE TRIPLE LINK, Origin of the Order of Oddfellows and Present Standing. 50 clegant Piush Rocker, own make, worth $1 THE BOOM OF THE 1CEBERG r o into the depths below. So absorbed had [ hecome in my sur: roundings that [ had forgotten t large breaking off from the glac P followed by | but my attention was suddenly attracted to this feature by a ery from our Indians, and almost before T ecan write it, our canoe was dancing upon the crestof a roller The Grand and the Beautiful Happily | o dozen feet and as Biended Together in the Scenery aul kly she dipped lh beneath ilacie = 7o only “to gracefully aguin AbouvGlaclopBaysSuinmer upon another swell, T noticed 11 Eiho and Winter One. Indian who satin the sternof the plunged his paddle decp into the as a swell approached, and swung its head squ to it, and she would gracefully rise and fail with each surge without shipping s thimbloful of water. This sort of excitement wasa new thing tome,and I was sorry when we ap- proached the shore where we w 0 piteh our camp. s bay is - body of water proba- bly forty miies east and west, and from about fourteen miles wide at its mouth, 1t gradually narrows to four miles at its head, 1t is without doubt a creature of man-of-war sta- cier, Besides these ton glacier a number which are lod tops of high mountains, and their blue, scalloped fronts standing boldly be- tween the rugged hills which support them, give evidence that somewhere in the past they too have contributed to the might m of fresh water that for many yenrs has mingled its tears with the salty brine below. All Alaska waters are cold, and a plunge into them wouid be followed by 2hili even in the hottest season » bay water is of rature of ice water, as indeed itis, Such is the flow of ice into it that, notwithstanding the regular tides ing Octover, Wildey was re-elected noble grand, hout opposition, as the frail craft, the lodge cousisting of but nine- teou mermters, was already being rocked by the waves of discord and dissension that had arisen, The dispute ended in the witndrawal of the dissatisfied clement, They endeay- ored to sccure a charter for Cranllin lodge, X but this was refused by the Manchester [ from Alubam Florida, Geor Unity, jurisdiction having been ceded to | Lowsville, Mississippi, North Carolina, S Washinaton lodge. Finally, in 1521, Franik- | Carolina, Tenue Texas and Virgini lin lodge rec or from the Grand | were absent. The seats allotted to these lodge_of Mo J States, | representatives were unoccupied during the and it session. Robert 13, Boylston, of South Ui Washington lodge, for over two years, were d sire and during his 5 e tiatve eustodians of the mystie' rites, | Deputy Grand Sire Milton Henderson, of e Yabored zealously tn the face of many | Indiana, presided. 1n hisopening address he adversities, and through their unceasing toil | said: faid the founaation upon which to buld the |~ &ho circumstances that surround us magnificent edifice of Odd Fellowship, as it | this time are unparalicled in our h stands at the present time. Heretofore the representatives of ou The first movement,_looking to the enlarg- | loved order have annually convened, aly ment of a jurisdiction and the establis- | under the most favorable auspi Hereto- T fa Bonerol governing body was made | fore, represeutatives, when they mel, uni in 1820, when & committec of past formly congratulated each otheér upon the was constituted, At a meeting of thi great success and growth of oddfellowship. e obruary, 1821, Washington lodge [ Whata terrible chango a few months has e 0 e irsabdor ita, chartar to | Wrought! Civil war with all'ita attondant tho’ grand lodge, which it was proposed to | evils, las been inaugurated in our onc: O adst 'was nocoded to and was | happy country. While: wo aot the part of o o4 by 1n6 organization of the grand | £00d citizons wo may pour ol upon the troub: lodge of Maryland und the United States, led waters, and alleviate in some degree, }}xc with ‘Chomas Wildey as grand master. flu]'{z*'rus‘:l(‘)‘:}lfl‘:ll t\‘: l!'hx:s u;'ln'-\"nrlgl‘llsl'-lrnf?r” The dissemimation of information in the | , Hetls higiunbappyacons. 0400, arly years of the order was very difficult ;‘;“,"5)‘;;;“‘“% gocintaryiivin . pd to give compared with that of the present period, ‘i‘.m;‘ “jml_ '1‘:‘?3 ‘_ll:, “ Ot S while the Maryland brethren wore lay- | Grand Seoreibiy, 1 e e ing the foundation stone for the future great | §iviieq and S P YA S Rtaat lodaos! (referred! to | (O1Yided anCIUAOED WAS.B LAY falling off in Which 15 t0 the effoct that the ordor was es- | above( had been organized in Hoston, New | FCH Jpavingithe /g g Jofgelln Aagacial tablished in Rome, A. D. 79, by the descend- [ York und Phimdelphia. Not one of theso athatac HhRReRnd Jodue Y 60RERIEIANS ants of tho priests and seribes of tho y- | had any knowledge of the existence of the R ] f 5 % others until 1523, when Massachusetts lodge L1 B Dr e lonian captivity, and concludes that it Orig- | No™ " hhliad for a charter from the grand 1 prevail, “that 1t 1s in the power of the fnated about 1745, No:1 appliad tor s ‘obastar dsom WO KIeREH ropeosontativis ov'so small nsaceiios (o 1 From the Manchester unity sprung Amer- | that year tne grand lodge of Massachusetts :!"}I‘.'::"“h;"M:j"l"n“' oy om0l fcan Odd Fellowship, Thomas Wildey being | Was constituted. New Yorle and Philadel- | 1, py payment of Lho current ARTRLS the father and founder of the order in this | Phis f liowed, dandGrand. Mabls Wildey, | Yoar, but by freeiug it entirely from a con- eevintey, althougl thero!is: evidenco of the!| Lig SOnYeYRC kL CURT Y ¢ of Now amn | tinuovs a * % Yot in the midst of existence of lodges at New York thirteen | and Pennyslvanta on his return to Baltl- of louptigratulasions o rl'}fl"k*'-’“' < yoars before the start in Baltimore. Shake Bpeare lodge is said to have been instituted Bods beneficent, Providenc e spe O oniutioniafithesn) srapa odgen orer | Tonshsated oions ord in the fornior city in December, 1806, becom- ing dofunct in 1813, and again resuscitated in ko formation & grana 1o the withering influen ated & nocossity for another chango. nuture of things, from so all permeating a In August, 1523, the grond lodge of Mary- | calamity as that wiich now afflicts our couu- ) | i The smooth 15, when th BlE sopupaatat it | 1and andihe United Elaten Was eakor bo ey, ! The proctedings i this matter of | The merry brown cid 1818, when the name was changed to Snhake- | gurrender its chartor to the exclusive use of 1 Nenetr Y AR amolL ing oficers were somewhat peculiar, to mill! Spoire Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows through | the graud lodge of the United States, which 1 ot & WO, el N convilo. ¢ | 88 the loast, in an order of this ¢ 5 e oK O Catarria, tho post.and | wos uprovod by tho several grand jusisdic. | SRS, Y qopioring. tho vondition of tho | I 8 political convention it s tho title of its chief officer was mado grand- | ious, but it was not until 1520 that tho grand | G0 Country, it was declared to be “the hing will bo cut and dried in master, Franklin Loige No.2and Wash- I‘,’;‘;‘Li?uh',““o'l‘,‘l‘ij“" Statos was duly organ” | duty of every ood Odd Fellow, at all tinios, }'L‘-‘h‘"r:l“’L‘"“fi\“{::mi‘vh{'”'r‘{’f':m“"l' Ington Lodgo No. 3 wore instituted in 1521, | fadgos woro roprosentod, of whici threo | 421685 14,5010 speak, that hus words and | o gaptain section to come int B R | oo TR L va i aptan | iisgas. By EYaL U0 1Ltk case ok GRSARS | lodkoimtil ate” all prevared, e oA apenantion was' applied for und | s in New York and threo in hiladelphia: | {0, 108 (NIO™ bave, granted by the Duke of Sussex Lodge No. 3, of Liverpool, in 1522, being reccived in Brook: lyn in Jununry, 1533, Under tuis grant the lodge cluimed 'to rauk as No. 1, American of the records of the sovereign grand lodge. But the supreme body was ever mindful of the absent representatives, The course pur- sued demonstrated the fraternal feeling that prompts the government of Odd Fellow September 16, 1501, when the sov lodge convened in Baltimore, the wi being waged and thirt, entative > grand 1o, npments of ates, meationed above,and direct- to furnish all necessary sup- [ uot less than 400, s of the several jurvisdictions, | All divisions competing to Guring the year. Although | knizits captan, lieutenant . ny lodges of the soutn had susy kights guard and sentinel, and twenty-four S was found to be in unexpscte sir knights in line, This number is also re- ! condition at the close of the v quired for the division in batallion drill, and only organiz for the division claiming the long distanco that survived the be used, Carnaban’s re- severing the tis of brotherhood. [Continued Next Week. | ed the sec plies for th 1o be paid fc m; consist (:f sir v It Sounded Very Appropriate on the Last Glorious Fourth. BEATS ALL THE THE PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE. BIG GUNS. s prizes must take d excrcises of field da s band prizes will oo offered: 00 20 Third prize. ... 4% 100 These prizes are offered without reference to number of musicians composing the band, but Milwaukee bunds will be excluded from the ntest for these prizes. Band prizes open to the world, special, for bands with not less than thirty-five pieces, wo entries required. as also decided to place the entire or- ganization of the uniform rank in camp, each brigade and st camped by itself, but all forming one Coming Events in the World of the Mystic Bodies With a ber of Minor Happ ings at Home. Tead quesiion of low : didates may be admitted will undoubtedly b brought up, but this is a wmatier whic meets witha great deal of opnosition, espec ially from the older andn influential meibers, and the test to which it was sub. jected in the recent session of the soveraign krand lodge shows that its advocates are not gaining material strengti. The convention of the Rebekeh degree will be held during the session of the grand lodge, at which time the degree statl of Ruth Lodge 1of Omaba will exemplify the degree work. October 81 the Oddfellows hall at Cort- land, Neb., will be dedicated by usual cere- monies of the order. The structure is a most imposing one, and a very important addition to Cortland. ISxtensive preparations are be- ing made for the dedication, and the mem- bers who have it in rge propose to make October 31 a red-letter in the history of the order in this state, in The Three Links. The order of Odd Fellows had its ori England in the cighteenth century, the first mention of it being in a magazine published arly English lodges were sup- ported by each member paying a penny to the sccretary on entering the lodge. Origin- ally the lodges were formed for social pur- poses and to assist in obtaining employment for workingmen, the members being sent from one town to another in search of work Dy a system of cards, Up to 1809 the lodges were self-instituted and without a system of general government, In that year the Man- chester Unity was formed. Brother Ross, in his history, repudiates the mythical story The Fourth in Alaska. _Copyrigh ACIER BAY, Alas o THe 1 ] 14.— ing of 'ty encamped upon ach of a beautiful bay, about four miles to the east of Glacier buy, and on aportion of land that, in low tide. be- comes an island. It is one of perhaps twenty-five of a group of islands named after one Captain Beardsley, who com- manded an American tioned at Sitka in 1880, There are two entran bay, one by way of Iey straits and € sound, the regular route of the Alaskan line of steamers, and the other by what is called the “inland pass,” ov the route wken by uson our present trip. . July he eve The order suspending the grand and sub- ordinate commauderics of inights Femvlar in lowa, and prohubiting &ll intercourse with the commanderies of other states and with the order generally, was revoked at the tri- envial conclave, it being thought that the Towa commanderies had been punished suf- ficiently in being suspended for threo years, although it was pointed out that they had been or in not complying with the terms of the resolution as set forth by the rand master. The suspending of the order Was recommended by a_committee, to whom the mutter had been referred and found im- - mediate favor with the wmembers of the We arrived there upon the eve of the grand encampment. t national holiday when patriotic izens everywhere fire off their big- gest guus and the Amevican ecagle sours the highest. As I lay upon the ground with the flaps of my tent thrown back, I could sec for twenty miles at midnight, snow-capped mountains rise )eeun water into the deepest above a placid body of water, upon | ¢ t will taste more of fresh than whose bosom graceiully flonted huge ice- | salt water. A Borgs Some of the glaciers wind down be=- HE0. 13 nat heln butihink: that here ) LYesnbigh molntuing and dipitiig the I ekt Wwoiok. | Revadsibuifox etof perpendiculan tromos meet, Winter lingering in_ the ity but they are gradually wasting lap of summer. Thefrigid challenging by, nd from bonouth shoul’ are e A O O soiva its oy folde,. Dha | 4ag muddy streamu through i thousind warm breath of summer wafting over nt small channels, - Porhaps the a reservoir made ecold by the broken of tho glaciors may bo truced & fragments from vast fields of ice made miles “or moro back _through comtinios ago. It was late when I finally | IRoubtaln gorges, ox they may intersech , there aro d upon the K. of The grand lodge of Nebrusk#, which was in scssion in this city the past weel, completed its work and adjourned Thursday night, after selecting Omaha as the place for holding it next session. The principal busi ness transacted by the grand lodge was the adoption of a resolution to incorporate, and the appointing of trustees and a clerk to pre- pare and file articles of incorporation. The greater part of the time was taken up in acling on resolutions, changing the laws in e minor points, and in the election of T'ne smooth-l raise of Guooid Housclieepings for the cidel ruddy e to the cide: ving cider, that comes from the Once moj ced up the apples, my sister and T, sture and lane when the weather was drys With buskets and oxen the gleaning was done, And cach_gnarly ward the sun Thoy blush in the cider, common cider, cider that comes from the cheek kindled waran to- The sunny bro Sir Knight Harry Merviam returned from mill! 3 b e, | Gring for its own allithe principal ot Thomas Wildey was el rand. master, | or tho time belng, eus off 600 | showing an inslinasion to gobble tho balancs and ay a subsequont Motk 1520 the title | ¥ Y, 8BS Roolnte dnNeraONree rien | Thoy'should “aveicemploted th farce by of grand sive was adopted. The number of | S e e38ion | Jaiiming tho next session of the grand lodge. y o EARd Ao AL e B, T ek, | ofifue BzAnd 1oago the Rests of Lio RoRFowes: oddfellowship was not, however, formally launched upon 1ts voyage in this country until April 26, 1819, All provious attempts had failed. Thomas Wildey, the founder, a native of London, Kngland, born 1n 1782, was made & member of an Oda Fellows' lodgo upon attainiug his majority, and took an ac- * tive part in the order until 1817, when he turned from his native country and sailed for America, landing in the city of Balti- more, Ammated by his love for the order he s0on took steps to form u lodge. A meet- ng was cal hich brougnt to the ‘*Seven Btars tavern,” Second street, Baltimore, ?hflmul Wildey, John Welch, John Duncan, ohn Cheatham and Richard Rushworth,and on the night of A‘)l'il 20, 1819, according to the custom of self-institution, they formed ashington Lodge No. 1. ‘Thomas Wildey was installed as noble grand,and John Welch 88 vice grand, From this humble start has gd‘villnlluwlhlp Krown 10 its present magni- ude. In the meantime the Unity had made many changes in 1ts code of laws, of which fact the ore not aware, M. Jacksou and n, England, who embei E. G. Crowder, of Pr visited the lodge and iustructed the brethren in the work. the order had been transplanted on Ameri. gan soil, crossed the water with a view 'he former, not thinking that establishing o lodge. Recogniziog the n cessity for a uuion with the Manchester Unity Brother Crowder promised to present to the proper authovities the petition of Washington lodge for a charter, upon his re- turn, aod it was promptly granted. The rier was granted to the ‘‘Washington e, the Grand lodge of Maryland aud of United States.” "It bears dute February and in duz't.\m it was reccived and At the first election iu the follow- In this year Grand Sire Wildey visited Eng- land, and the work of the odd fellows in the New World was heartily approved. He brought back a charter for the grand lodge of the United States from the Manchester unity, which took the place of the original from the Duke of York's lodge, that had al- ready been transferred on two different oc- cusions, Ten years after the organization at Balti- more of Washington Lodge No. 1, Maryland reported four lodges, Massachusetls six, New York six, Penunsylvania thirteen, and the District of Columbia two, ‘Ihis was in 1820, Ten years later, in 1830, there wero fourteen grand lodges, with 185 subordinates and five separate lodges, with & membersuip of only a little over ten thousand. During the next decounial period there was a favorable turn in the tide. The order bounded into popularity, receiving the sup- lnm. and encouragement of all good men, s0 bat in Juee, 1540, when the grand lodge wet, there were thirty grand lodges and 1,727 subordinate lodges, with & total mem- bership of nearly 140,000, The work of pro- gress continued steadily forward, for in 1859 the returns showed thirty-nine grand and 8,425 subordinate lodges,with & member- ship of 178,000, In the next per.od the order was almost sovered in twain by the civil war. Brother was arrayed agaiust brother on many & hotly ocontested battlefleld. Many of the Todges south of Mason aud Dixon’s line be- came dormant for the want of wmembers to attend the meetings, The life, the youth of the southern lodges, left home and the asso ciations of relatives, brothers and friends to ’“I:.ulxlnlw. bluh:r afiwlwt between the tws Lic arm 0 reports were made, an }‘w the ume bolag these lodges dropped out tatives from the southern states who autend- ed in 1860, was reserved. In 18612, twelve states were not represented. At tho session of 1863-4 tho representatives from Lennessee were prosent. In the latter year reporis were rocoived from Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiuna, Virginia, Miss- issippi, Texas, South Caroling, North Caro- lina and New Mexico. Referring to these roturus, Grand Secretary Riagely in his re- port said: “From every quarter of our vast jurisdic- tion within the federal lines there comes up to the suprema grand lodge, 8 common voice, eloquently sublime, proclaiming in gentlo péace, harmony, brotherly love and unity’ predominant, cheering and soul stir- the fruit of this gospel is increased th and power for good, and its bigh more. active incentive to yet nobler ef- forts iu the path of duty.” The war baying closed, the representatives from the southern states were present at the opening of the session of 1505, and occupied the seats that had been set apart for them at ach conyocation since 1860, They were cor- flhlly weloomed back by Grand Sire Veitch, who said: “‘Pheir [the representatives] absence from our annual councils we have long deplored and regretted, ever entertalning for them &u affectionate regard, which has been hmgw ened and intensified by thelr luflexinf. ur Learts are this day gladdened by thelr pres- ence, and, acknowledging theui as brethren of the same household, we cordially wel- come thew to @ revewal of those relations which unite us in fraternal symratby, which kuows no distinotion of “country, party or sect, and which seeks to embrace within the scope of its influence the eutire family of man.” Tluynupnm lodge remitted the taxes ot a three weeks' sojourn in Boston in time to attend the session of the grand lodge. Brother Merriam feels greatly refreshed aud rejuvenated aftarhis very pleasant v sit among relatives and frienas at his old home. Uniform Rank Encampment. Major General James R. Carnahan, of tho Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, has is- sued a general ordep concerning the biennial session of the supreme lodge, to be held in Milwaukee next Julyn The grand lodge of Wisconsin appointed an executive commitiee t0 take charge of all the arrangements and perfect & programme for the eutertainment of the supreme lodge, the Uniform Rank and visiving kuights. In the matter of prizes it was decide offer to the Uniform Rank the followin First Prize—For proficiency in dril ... #1,000 Second Prize—For proficiency in drill. Third Prize—For proficiency in drill .. Fourth Prize—For proficiency in drill.. Fifth Prize—For proficien: i Sixth Prize—For profici Seventh Prize—For proficiency in drill, Fighth Prize— For proficiency in drill. . For best division cummander, a U. K K. of P, jewel, value. .. o5 For division traveling the longest tance from its home by shortes railroad route to reach Milwaukee. For division that shall exemplify the ritualistic work of the Uniform Rank before the supreme lodge in the best wanner, & special prize, value. TR eadase 30 For best batallion drill, by batalion con- sisting of not leas than four divisions and full complement of reximental fleld and staff officers, & set of regimental colors Lo consist We drove to the valley, the cart jogging slow > With red fruit and vellow, a right pretty show, And hissmg and gurgling as the twilight grew dim, round patient to the brim! AU last, 'tis the cider, The dear honest cide Tho genial brown cider that comes from the mill! The hogsheads were filled As wholesome as honey, as sound as the comb, It smacks of October, it savors of homej 1 shut my eyes softly and ov ne steal “Phe drone of the press and the splash of the wheel; o rare is the cider, The red foamy cider, The sweet, tawny cider that comes from the will{ Then here's to the cider, The good mellow cider, That none but New England can rightly dis- till, Once more to the cider ! The free flowing cider, The merry brown cider that comes from the i e An Absolute Unre. The ORIGINALABIETINE OINTMENT is oply put up in large two ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, buras, Wounds, chapped bands, and all skin erup. tiol ‘Will positively cure all kinds of piles- Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OIN T- MENT, Sold by Goodman Drug cempany at 20 cents per box—by mail 30 cents, Jost consciousness that night, and early when the hooming of cannon roused me from my slumbers, It took but a glance at my surroundings to convinee me that the distant thunder came from the hand of nature, and that it was caused by another huge wall of ice tumbling into the depths below that awoke its echoes among the distant hills, 1 thought as peal after peal thundered )88 the waters that m i sound could be made to ti out our great country, to wha triotic use the glaciers of Alaska could ut in the celebration of the anni- sary of our nation’s birth. I was anxious to spend the Fourth in Glacier bay, an 7 o'clock in morning found us within its chilly ~ confines. Hardly had the prow of our canoe entc upon its waters before the very bosom upon which we flonted seemed to shiver as a continual volley from the glacier came thundering across the bay. bergs danced in the morning sunlight, and bedecked in their robes of whiu they seemed to be in hohiday attire, as it faunched upon the deep to enjoy a arnival in honor of “‘the day we brate.” Our course lay to the northwest, and I wanted to make my camp that night about flye miles up the bay, to the west of the fiest, or Muir glacier, wh I could obtain & good view of the w ern extremity, and where the gla another glicicr coming from an oppo= site direction, but plunging into the buy as many miles above or below. Just as the sun had begun to guild old [airweather after supper on the evening of the Fourth, in order to ob« tain a view of the country ncross the bay, I climbed a mountain a thousand fect or so just above camp. With my sses 1eould see four glaciers windin ir white lengths through snow Iufi peaks mites and miles away, Notwithy standing the chilly surroundings, the air was soft and bulmy ns an August day among the green hills of Vermont. Not the faintest breath of chilly air arose from the fields of ice which surrounded me, and old Sol, as he sank behind thd distant hill, left a train of soft, warm light in his wake that was alike sooth= ing and invigorating. Across the bay to the south are the elaciors which will form the first of my investigations, and from where I hope to see the “silent city.” To-morrow shall attempt to plough threugh the icy stream which, from this side, appears to form a barvier 1o all approach, but I hope in my next to give you an account of my investigations wuong the riverg MiNer W, Brucs, Drop trimmings of all kinds will be worn on wraps and costumes us & graceful findsb, Some of the new modes have wmetal threads interwo! in the silk, giving @ rich sug prety effect,